Hani al-Rahib

Hani al-Rahib was born on 30 November 1939 in Mashqita, a village in the province of Latakia, into a very poor peasant family. A scholarship holder, he studied English at the University of Damascus, obtained a master's degree at the American University of Beirut, then a doctorate in Great Britain, and taught for a long time in Damascus. At twenty-two, still a student, he won the novel competition of the Lebanese magazine al-Adab. He then taught in Yemen and Kuwait, returned to Damascus and died there of cancer on 6 February 2000. He left eight novels, three collections of stories and translations.

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• NovelالوباءHani al-Rahib · 1981not translated into EnglishLiterature